Roll-paper holder.



UNITED STATES T l FFICE.

TONY C. PHILLIPS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO I GEORGE H.FULLER, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,576, dated November27, 1900..

Application filed ay 1 1900- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,TONY O. PHILLIPS, a citi- Paper Holders; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to a device for supporting roll-paper of anydescription, a knife or blade fixed with relation to the support, andmeans by which the roll is pressed constantly into contact with theblade by gravitation, so that any amount of the paper can be unrolledand torn off against the straightedge, which serves as a guide therefor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a side view.

A is a yoke, bail, or frame, with means for fixing it to a desk or othersupport. As herein shown, the yoke consists of vertical depending sidearms and a connecting top piece, serving as means for suspending thedevice from a point above. The distance between the depending arms ofthis yoke is sufficient to receive the spool or center 2, upon which theroll of paper is coiled. In the lower part of each of the arms of theyoke are made inclined slots 3, and into these slots extend the gudgeonsor headed pins l,which project from the center of the spool or rollerupon which the paper is coiled. Fixed to the yoke and, as here shown,inclining downwardly and away from it are the arms 5, which carry a baror blade 6, this extending across from one end to the other of the roll,so that the paper may pass within the bar or blade 6, as shown.

The essence of this invention consists in the-relations of the inclinedslot 3, in which the gudgeons of the paper-roll are movable bygravitation, and the blade or bar 6, which is so fixed with relation tothe slot that the weight of the roll of paper forces it constantlyagainst the bar, the length of the slots and their inclination beingsuch that as the paper is uncoiled and the roll becomes smaller the pinswill move down the inclined slots, and

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the roll will thus be constantly pressed against the blade. The angle ofthe blade is such that the pressure of the roll of paper is against thelower edge of the blade, and this may be beveled or sharpened, ifdesired, so that when any amount of paper has been unrolled by pullingit across the edge of the blade it will be severed in a straight line.The side bars which support the blade form guides to prevent the paperrunning off to one side or the other.

This device can be adapted to any size or character of paper-holder. Itis very convenient for small rolls to be used about a desk formemorandum purposes, but is equally useful for rolls of any size.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

v 1. The combination in a roll-paper holder, of a yoke including endarms having slots mad 0 diagonally therein, a paper-roll the journals ofwhich are slidably supported and turnable in said slots, and a bladehaving arms bent at right angles therewith and secured to the arms ofthe yoke, and inclined with relation to the said slots whereby the bladestands at a tangent with the periphery of the roll and the latter ismaintained in constant contact with the blade.

2. The combination of a yoke having end arms with slots made diagonallytherein said slots opening through one edge of the arms and terminatingshort of the opposite edge, a paper-supporting roll having journalsslidably mounted in the slots and having retaining-heads, acutting-blade, and means for holding it at a tangent with the peripheryof the paper-roll, said blade having its cutting edge so related to thelower end of the slots that the paper-roll is maintained in constantcontact with said edge.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

TONY O. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, JESSIE O. BRODIE.

